Eyeglasses.



No. 833,289- 'PATENTED 0OT.16, 1906. E. G. BERNHEIM.

. EYEGLASSES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13. 190s.

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UNITED STATES PA'rEnr oE IoE.

EUGENE o. ERNH IM. F EWA K, NEW JERSEY. EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Application filed January 18 1906- Serial No. 955;88

Patented Oct. 16 1 906.

I To a, whom, it .Wtaycoricern:

Beit known that I, EUGENEC. Bnnrjfinm, a citizen-of the United States, resid' at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new. and .useful Improvements in Eyeglasses, of which the following is a specification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawkinds, and hasifor itsprirnary 0 'ture adapted to facile application to the nose My invention relates to eyeglasses" of all jecta strucat any angle or inclination that is, possessmg .t e capacity for opening or distension longitudinally, "transversely, vertically, and

' action.

- In the drawings which form-a part of this =fspecification, Figure 1 .is a front elevation of 20 a pair of eyeglasses embodying my invention;

'- F1g.'2, a top planview of the same; Fig. 3, a

section on line :0 m of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 a per-'- spective detail of the novel brid e member.

Like reference characters indicate. like partsthroughout the'views.

The invention is in this instance embodied in a pair of eyeglasses comprising theu'sual lenses. A-,. posts or studs B, guards C, and

\ lenses plane.

screws D. I The bridge E, formed, preferably, from a fiat metallic strip, comprises a comparatively stiff or rigid yoke or bow portion e, horizon 't'a'lly bowed and slightly arched. The strip at each end of the bow is bent intotrarisversely-dis osed folds f g and f g, respectively, fol sf and f 'rojecting rearwardly beyond the-plane of t e lenses, and folds g and g projecting forwardly be 0nd the The fiat surfaces 0 the strip constituting each series of folds liein the same vertical lane, and the two fold series f g and f 9 ie in parallel vertical planes.

The bridge 1s completed by bending the ends.

of the strip downwardl y, whereby isformed ob hq1 iely.in short possessing a umversal" folds or active spring portions are above the centers of the studs and of the lenses, as well as above theuppermost partof the uard.

While the number of folds hereln shown are two in each series, the number of folds the spirit of the invention. The folded portions ,of the bridge have sufiicient resiliency to permit universal action; but their temper admits their being bent somewhat out of their vertical plane in a longitudinal direction. The folded form of the brid e readily lends itself to such longitudinal a justment without detriment to any of its universal spring functions and without any bending or weakening of the arched portion.-

What I claim is 1 1. The combination with the lenses and studs of'eye rlasses, of a bridge provided with -maybe increased without departing from V resilient fol s connecting the arched portion of the bridge with the studs, the folds lying wholl above the center of the studs.

' 2; he combination with the lenses and studs of eye lasses, of abridge provided with I resilient fol s connecting the arched portion of the bridgewith the studs, the folds lying wholly above the centers of the studs and of the lenses.

In testimony whereof I have afi'ixed my signature. in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE o. BERNHEIM. Witnesses:

'HORATIO E. BELLows, WILLIAM H. WRIGHT. 

